11th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120062753 | IMAGE ENCODING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ENCODED IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - An image encoding integrated circuit and an encoded image data transmission method thereof are provided. The image encoding integrated circuit is utilized in a webcam and includes a central processing unit, an image sensing control unit, an image encoder unit, a bit rate monitoring unit, a transmission unit, and a bit rate control unit. The central processing unit, the image sensing control unit, the bit rate monitoring unit, and the transmission unit respectively produce a demand adjustment signal, a sensing status signal, a bit rate signal, and a transmission status signal. The bit rate control unit utilizes at least one of the signals to produce a quantization parameter signal. The image encoding unit transmits encoded image data in a specific bit rate, wherein the bit rate is adjusted according to the quantization parameter signal. The output bit rate of the image encoding unit is adjusted in consideration of even more system parameters, so as to improve the efficiency of the bit rate control. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062754 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SHOOTING PARAMETERS OF DIGITAL CAMERA - An adjusting method for adjusting shooting parameters is applied to adjust the shooting parameters according to stability of a camera. In the method, an image is captured first, and an edge-detection procedure is performed on the image to obtain a still value corresponding to a stable state of the camera. Then, shooting parameters, such as a photosensitivity value, an exposure time, or an aperture value, of the camera are adjusted according to the still value. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062755 | CAMERA SYSTEM, SIGNAL DELAY AMOUNT ADJUSTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A system and method for adjusting one or more signal delays. The signal delays are adjusted by obtaining delay amounts of video signals associated with respective camera units and respective camera control units, the camera units being coupled to respective ones of the camera control units via an asynchronous network, and adjusting one or more of the delay amounts. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062756 | Method and System for Processing Multiview Videos for View Synthesis Using Skip and Direct Modes - Multiview videos are acquired by overlapping cameras. Side information is used to synthesize multiview videos. A reference picture list is maintained for current frames of the multiview videos, the reference picture indexes temporal reference pictures and spatial reference pictures of the acquired multiview videos and the synthesized reference pictures of the synthesized multiview video. Each current frame of the multiview videos is predicted according to reference pictures indexed by the associated reference picture list with a skip mode and a direct mode, whereby the side information is inferred from the synthesized reference picture. Alternatively, the depth images corresponding to the multiview videos of the input data, and this data are encoded as part of the bitstream depending on a SKIP type. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062757 | CONFIGURATION OF A DEVICE BASED UPON ORIENTATION - An application for a device that includes an image sensor, an orientation sensor and image capture capabilities. Operation of the device is based upon a detected orientation of the device by the orientation sensor. In one embodiment, when the device is in a horizontal orientation, the image capture operates as a digital still image camera and when the device is in a vertical orientation, the image capture operates as a digital video camera. Other orientations are anticipated including upside down as well as other operating modes such as flash enabled and flash disabled. Optionally, a control is provided to lock the operation in one of the modes irrespective of changes in the orientation of the device. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062758 | RELATIVE POSITIONING OF DEVICES BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGES OF TAGS - This is directed to determining the relative position of several devices by capturing representations of the device environments in which a tag is located. The devices can compare the captured representations to determine a perspective of the tag corresponding to each device. In some cases, a device can determine an absolute position relative to a coordinate system integrated in a tag. Using the positioning information, several devices can receive directions to come together at a particular meeting point. In some cases, several devices can operate an application that requires the interaction of several users of the devices (e.g., multi-player games). The application can control the time or manner in which inputs are provided based on the relative positions of the devices. In some cases, the devices can display virtual content that is shared across several devices, where the different devices can each interact with the virtual content. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062759 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - An image generation device includes a video image generation means for generating a video image of a target photographic subject within a photographic subject on the basis of a plurality of captured images that are acquired by capturing images of the photographic subject in time series, and a background image generation means for generating a background image of the target photographic subject on the basis of the captured images. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062760 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING OBJECTS WITH REDUCED IMAGE BLUR - An imaging device is presented for use in an imaging system capable of improving the image quality. The imaging device has one or more optical systems defining an effective aperture of the imaging device. The imaging device comprises a lens system having an algebraic representation matrix of a diagonalized form defining a first Condition Number, and a phase encoder utility adapted to effect a second Condition Number of an algebraic representation matrix of the imaging device, smaller than said first Condition Number of the lens system. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062761 | Real-Time Face Tracking in a Digital Image Acquisition Device - A database includes an identifier and associated parameters for each of a number of faces to be recognized. A new acquired image from an image stream is received potentially including one or more face regions. Face detection is applied to at least a portion of the acquired image to provide a set of candidate face regions each having a given size and a respective location. Using the database, face recognition is selectively applied to at least one of the candidate face regions to provide an identifier for a face recognized in a candidate face region. A portion of the image is stored including the recognized face in association with at least one image of the image stream. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062762 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND PHOTOSENSOR CELL WITH SELECTIVELY SILICIDED GATES - The invention also relates to an apparatus and method for selectively providing a silicide coating over the transistor gates of a CMOS imager to improve the speed of the transistor gates. The method further includes an apparatus and method for forming a self aligned photo shield over the CMOS imager. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062763 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a color mixture correction unit. The color mixture correction unit corrects the mixture of colors caused when an incident light having passed through color filters corresponding to neighboring pixels enters a target pixel. The color mixture correction unit references the signal level of the target pixel and the signal levels of the neighboring pixels. The color mixture correction unit calculates a correction amount corresponding to the signal level of a red pixel which is the neighboring pixel. The color mixture correction unit performs a calculation on the signal level of the target pixel using the correction amount. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062764 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A data management device includes an input controller which accepts an input of a data acquisition instruction in a state in which a folder image relating to a folder in which data is to be stored is displayed on a display unit, a data acquisition controller which acquires data from a data acquisition unit in accordance with the data acquisition instruction accepted by the input controller and a data management unit which stores the data acquired by the data acquisition unit in a data storage unit with associating the acquired data with a folder specified by the folder image displayed on the display unit when the data acquisition instruction is accepted. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062765 | IMAGING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - When a shutter key is operated, characteristic data is acquired. A determination is made as to whether the characteristic data has been acquired, and face image shooting processing is executed when the characteristic data has been acquired. File generation processing is executed in which a format of a face registration file is generated and the characteristic data and image data are written into the format of this face registration file, thereby generating a single face registration file. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062766 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING IMAGE DATA - An apparatus and method for managing image data, in which additional information about an image can be input by using an augment reality in a portable terminal, wherein the apparatus preferably includes a camera module for capturing an image, and a display unit for displaying the image and additional information about the image, and wherein a controller extracts contexts from the image, displaying the contexts classified per item with related data, storing the displayed contexts, combining related data of the displayed and stored contexts, and displaying and storing the combination as the additional information about the image. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062767 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an image data processing apparatus, a conversion unit generates first image data of a first image format and second image data of a second image format and supplies the first and second image data on a time division basis with respect to each image taken by using an image sensor. An operating unit acquires the first and second image data produced on a time division basis from the conversion unit, performs a process for displaying the taken image on a display device by using the first image data, and performs a process for storing the taken image in a storage device by using the second image data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062768 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus that captures an image, detects a subject from the captured image, and generates a plurality of pieces of composition candidate data by trimming the captured image based on a size and position of the detected subject. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062769 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method, and a program whereby a subject can be imaged in a simpler manner with a desired imaging range. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062770 | HIGH ZOOM-RATIO ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A high zoom-ratio zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group and a positive fourth lens group. Upon zooming, the distance between the first and second lens groups increases, the distance between the second and third lens groups decreases, and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups increases. The first lens group includes a negative lens element, and two positive lens elements. The absolute value of the radius-of-curvature of the image-side surface of the negative lens element within the first lens group is smaller than the absolute value of the radius-of-curvature of the object-side surface of the positive lens element on the object side within the first lens group. The following condition (1) is satisfied: | 2012-03-15 |
20120062771 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging optical system including: a first and second surfaces facing each other; a flat reflector provided on the first surface and having an aperture in an outer circumferential portion; and a plurality of reflectors provided on the second surface and located in a plurality of ring-like areas, each of the reflectors being inclined in a radial direction, the reflectors having different diameters from one another; and an imaging element module including: an imaging element including an imaging area having a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels, and receiving and converting light from the imaging optical system into image data; a visible light transmission substrate provided between the imaging optical system and the imaging element; a microlens array provided on a surface of the visible light transmission substrate on the imaging element side; and an image processing unit processing the image data obtained by the imaging element. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062772 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH COLUMN RANDOMIZING CIRCUITS - An imaging system may include an image sensor array and column randomizing multiplexers. The imaging system may include a data output circuit and image readout circuitry such as analog amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, and memory circuits. The column randomizing multiplexers may include a first column randomizing multiplexer between the image sensor array and at least some of the image readout circuitry. The first column randomizing multiplexer may randomly connect columns of the image sensor array to the image readout circuitry. The connections made by the first column randomizing multiplexer may be randomized as each row of the image sensor array is read out. The column randomizing multiplexers may include a second column randomizing multiplexer between at least some of the image readout circuitry and the data output circuit. The second column randomizing multiplexer may reorder image data for the image readout circuitry. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062773 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF READING OUT AN IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor for electronic cameras includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein at least one common column is associated with a plurality of pixels of a column. Each pixel includes a light-sensitive detector element to produce an electric charge from incident light, a selection device to connect the detector element directly or indirectly to the associated column line and at least one switching device. The image sensor furthermore has a control device for controlling the selection device and the at least one switching device of the respective pixel. The control device is designed such that the selection device of a first pixel is activated within a time period in which the at least one switching device is activated in a second pixel with which the same column line is associated. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062774 | ADAPTIVE SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR - An improved monolithic solid state imager comprises plural sub-arrays of respectively different kinds of pixels, an optional filter mosaic comprising color filters and clear elements, and circuitry to process the output of the pixels. The different kinds of pixels respond to respectively different spectral ranges. Advantageously the different kinds of pixels can be chosen from: 1) SWIR pixels responsive to short wavelength infrared (SWIR) in the range of approximately 800-1800 nm; 2) regular pixels responsive to visible and NIR radiation (400-1000 nm) and wideband pixels responsive to visible, NIR and SWIR radiation. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062775 | Power gate circuit, solid-state imaging device, and camera system - A power gate circuit includes: a power gate switch connected at least between a reference potential terminal of a circuit to be power-gated and a reference potential or between a power supply terminal of the circuit to be power-gated and a power supply; a capacity connected to a gate of the power gate switch; a pulse generating section supplying a pulse signal to the gate of the power gate switch according to a control signal; and a power gate control section outputting the control signal to the pulse generating section to supply the pulse signal to the gate of the power gate switch when the power gate switch is turned on and accumulating electrical charges in the capacity to control a gate potential of the power gate switch such that the potential gradually approaches a potential at which the power gate switch is turned on. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062776 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, in a pixel array unit, pixels that accumulate photoelectrically converted charges are arranged in a matrix shape. A vertical signal line transmits a signal read out from the pixels in the vertical direction. An acceleration circuit shifts the potential of the vertical signal line in advance before a signal is read out from the pixels. The acceleration control circuit controls timing for shifting the potential of the vertical signal line in advance. The timing control circuit generates a control signal for controlling the acceleration control circuit. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062777 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid state imaging device including: a pixel region that is formed on a light incidence side of a substrate and to which a plurality of pixels that include photoelectric conversion units is arranged; a peripheral circuit unit that is formed in a lower portion in the substrate depth direction of the pixel region and that includes an active element; and a light shielding member that is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit unit and that shields the incidence of light, emitted from an active element, to the photoelectric conversion unit. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062778 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing device includes a photodetector including a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion unit outputting electric charges depending on received light, charge accumulation units accumulating the electric charges, and a drain electrode that discards the electric charges, a finite impulse response filter which is applied to images, a controller controlling the pixels so as to distribute the electric charges that are output by the photoelectric conversion units to the charge accumulation units and to the drain electrodes at a distribution ratio depending on a weight coefficient of a corresponding delay period of the finite impulse response filter at each delay period, and reading the electric charges accumulated in the charge accumulation units after a whole delay period of the finite impulse response filter elapses, and an image processor generating the images based on the electric charges that are read by the controller. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062779 | PLAYBACK DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, PLAYBACK DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A playback display device including: a display unit; a data storage unit which stores data representing a travel route and a plurality of pieces of image data each associated with an image capturing place; a movement display control unit which displays a mark moving on a map displayed on the display unit based on the data representing the travel route; and an image playback unit which displays image data when, while the movement display control unit displays the mark moving on the map, a displayed position of the mark matches a corresponding position of the image capturing place associated with the image data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062780 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a first image capturing unit that captures first image data through a first optical system, a second image capturing unit that captures second image data through a second optical system, and a mode switching unit that switches between a normal mode and a power saving and speedy capturing mode that has a lower consumed power than the normal mode. In a case of operating in the power saving and speedy capturing mode, an operation stopping unit stops the first image capturing unit and the control unit captures an image by use of the second image capturing unit. A battery remaining amount can also be detected. In a case the battery remaining amount is less than a threshold value, a display mode switching unit switches from first display mode displaying a monitored image of first image data to a second display mode displaying a monitored image of second image data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062781 | Camera System and Method for Adjusting a Camera System - On a camera, the lens board ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120062782 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an optical imaging lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens element having a convex image-side surface, the edge of the image-side surface of the third lens element within the clear aperture diameter tends to the image side; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a first stop disposed between an object and the first lens element; and a second stop disposed between the second and fourth lens elements. With the aforementioned arrangement of optical lenses, the total track length of the optical imaging lens assembly can be reduced effectively, the sensitivity of the optical lens assembly can be attenuated, and the image quality can be improved. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062783 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides an optical imaging lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface; and a third lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric. With the aforementioned arrangement of lens elements, the total track length of the optical imaging lens assembly can be effectively reduced, the sensitivity of the optical system can be attenuated, a large field of view can be achieved and the image quality can be improved. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062784 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Images - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, managing one or more images, such as those related to an optical system. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062785 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A digital photographing apparatus includes an AF region setting unit for setting an AF region, a luminance detection area setting unit for setting a luminance detection area, a luminance calculation unit for calculating luminance values of the AF region and the luminance detection area, and a determination unit for calculating a luminance difference value that is a difference value between the luminance value of the AF region and the luminance value of the luminance detection area, and determining validity of an AF evaluation value with respect to the AF region according to the luminance difference value. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062786 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A focus adjustment apparatus includes a diaphragm aperture adjustment unit configured to adjust a diaphragm aperture area of a photographic lens, a focus detection unit configured to detect a defocusing amount by using a pair of light fluxes passed through different areas of the photographic lens, a detection result correction unit configured to calculate, during focus detection after the diaphragm aperture area has changed by a value equal to or larger than a predetermined value, a reduced defocusing amount correction value with respect to the defocusing amount, and a focus adjustment unit configured to execute control to adjust a focus based on the defocusing amount correction value. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062787 | CAMERA, SYSTEM COMPRISING A CAMERA, METHOD OF OPERATING A CAMERA AND METHOD FOR DECONVOLUTING A RECORDED IMAGE - A camera and system comprising a camera in which, during exposure, the ratio of the distance between the lens and the sensor and the focal length is changed. The rate of change is set such that motion invariant imaging is achievable for practical speed ranges, i.e. speed of up to at least 5 km/hour at 2 meter distance of the lens, by deconvoluting the compound image. Preferably the achievable speed range is at least twice as high. A linear motion of the sensor is preferred. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062788 | FOCUSING APPARATUS - A focusing apparatus including a focus lens; a focus lens driving unit that drives the focus lens; an imaging device configured to generate an image signal; a focus evaluation value calculating unit configured to receive an image signal from the imaging device and to calculate a focus evaluation value of a captured image; a difference calculating unit configured to calculate a difference between a current focus evaluation value and a previous focus evaluation value; a first determining unit configured to compare the difference to each of a plurality of threshold values different from each other; a counter configured to count results of comparing the difference to each of the plurality of threshold values and to generate count information; and a second determining unit configured to compare the count information to threshold count information and to determine a target drive direction in which the focus lens is to be driven. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062789 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor, a lens unit supporting unit for supporting the lens unit, a base unit for supporting the lens unit supporting unit in a manner that can tilt, a fixing base unit for supporting the base unit, a dome cover mounted to the fixing base unit, and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lens unit so that the lens unit can perform a retreat operation in an opposite direction from an object and along an optical axis direction of the lens unit when a force is applied thereto from the dome cover and even if the lens unit supporting unit leans in a tilt direction. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062790 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND OPTICAL MODULE - An optical member is disclosed which can prevent invasion of foreign articles into a space on a light path and can prevent deterioration of the yield in a manufacturing process. The optical member includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a joining element for joining the first and second substrates together in a spaced relationship from each other so as to provide a space between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a porous member provided in the joining element. At least one of the first and second substrates is formed from an optical transmission member. The space between the substrates is closed by the joining element and the porous member. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062791 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A VIDEO STREAM - A method for transferring a video stream having a first resolution from a first user equipment to a second user equipment having a larger screen and being capable of offering a plurality of second resolutions which are higher than said first resolution, wherein one or more third user equipments are also receiving video streams through the same network entity which has a limited bandwidth capacity, said method comprising: performing an optimization operation to determine the second resolution to be selected among said plurality of second resolutions at said target user equipment for the video stream, wherein said optimization operation comprises: using utility functions as an input to said optimizing operation, said utility functions having been determined in advance and respectively indicating for each video stream the quality perceived by a user depending on the resolution of the video stream and the allocated data rate, wherein said optimizing operation calculates a combined quality measure based on the utility functions for said video streams, said combined quality measure being calculated such as to find among the plurality of possible resolutions and data rates which could be assigned to said second user equipment, and among the plurality of possible data rates which could be assigned to the video streams received by said third user equipments after the transfer of said video stream, the resolution and data rates to be assigned to the second and third user equipments after the transfer for which the combined quality measure reaches its optimum or extremum; and selecting the second resolution and the data rates for the streams received by said second and third user equipments after said transfer of said video stream in accordance with the result of the optimization procedure such that the combined quality measure reaches its extremum. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062792 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a method of notifying a reception side of a fact that a halftone process has been performed for data to be transmitted and a method of transmitting additional information to a reception side in image transferring among a plurality of devices. The present invention includes a step of performing image processes for video information and a step of outputting a signal containing the video information for which the image processes have been performed, and the signal to be output includes information related to the image processes. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062793 | SYNCHRONIZING VIDEOS - A device may receive a first video, receive a second video, and locate first frames, in the first video, in which a first change in scene occurs. In addition, the device may locate second frames, in the second video, in which a second change in scene occurs. Further, the device may determine whether the first change in scene matches the second change in scene and achieve synchronization when the first change in scene matches the second change in scene. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062794 | REAL-TIME KEY FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION - Mechanisms are provided for performing real-time synchronization of key frames across multiple streams. A streaming server samples frames from variant media streams corresponding to different quality levels of encoding for a piece of media content. The streaming server identifiers key frames in the media streams and points in time to sample for key frames that increase the chances of detecting key frames from the same group of pictures (GOPs). In some examples, the sampling point is substantially in the middle between two GOPs. When a connection request is received from a client device for an alternative stream, a measured delay is used to calculate an improved start time. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062795 | BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A digital receiver including: a receiver; a decoder; and a display controller, with a display having a first display zone displaying at least a part of the title included in program information and a second display zone displaying an entirety of the title, under control of the display controller; wherein the display controller includes an input data amount calculator calculating an amount of input data for the first display zone inputted from memory, and a comparator to compare the amount calculated with an amount of displayable data, and when the amount of the input data is larger than the amount of the displayable data, a part of the title and a symbol indicative of omission are displayed, and when the first display zone is selected, an entirety of the title in the selected first display zone is displayed in the second display zone. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062796 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL - A method and system for remote control at a client of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) enables a user to configure a wireless user device as a remote control device (RCD). The RCD may communicate via a wireless network and an MCDN server to execute remote control commands at the MCDN client. The RCD may implement a remote control interface, including control elements configured for touch operation. The control elements may provide specific interactive functionality for channel selection, volume selection, playback of multimedia content, and other remote control features. The RCD may also receive feedback and status information associated with remote control commands. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062797 | Methods and Systems for Noise Reduction and Image Enhancement - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for image enhancement, wherein an input image may be separated into two images: a first image comprising image content, from the input image, which may be sharpened; and a second image comprising image content, from the input image, which may be attenuated. One aspect of the present invention relates to determining a noise estimate associated with the input image and using the noise estimate to control the separation of the input image into the two images. Another aspect of the present invention relates to controlling the image separation based on the level of sharpening being applied to the first image. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062798 | TV SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION FILTER HAVING PLANAR INDUCTORS - TV signal distribution filter device which includes at least one tuneable band-pass filter circuit, each tuneable filter circuit having a signal input for receiving a TV signal, a signal output for delivering a filtered TV signal, and a plurality of components connected in a predetermined configuration between the signal input and the signal output and together being provided for filtering the received TV signal to the filtered TV signal, said plurality of components including at least a first inductor and a second inductor, each accompanied by a tuneable capacitive component and connected to a voltage node which is provided for receiving a tuning voltage for tuning the tuneable capacitive component and thereby setting a filtering parameter of the tuneable filter circuit, the first and second inductors being planar inductors which are mechanically fixed and embedded in a dielectric environment and are electro-magnetically coupled with each other. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062799 | ESTIMATING VIDEO CROSS-TALK - A video cross-talk estimator comprising a visual input signal receiver configured to receive a visual input signal, a capture signal receiver configured to receive a capture signal, and a signal based video-cross talk determiner configured to estimate video cross-talk based on at least two frames of the visual input signal. The estimation of the video cross-talk is signal based. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062800 | Monitor Chaining and Docking Mechanism - A circuit that supports multiple monitors, docking functions, and protected content via one cable. The circuit includes a receiver that receives multiple video streams, each including respective video data, a mux/demux, coupled to the receiver, that determines which video stream to display on a monitor, a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) converter, coupled to the mux/demux, that generates an LVDS signal based on the video data of the determined video stream, an LVDS serializer/deserializer, coupled to the LVDS converter, that generates a signal based on the LVDS signal and sends the signal to a display panel of the monitor for display, a transmitter coupled to the mux/demux, and a transmit physical interface (TPI) coupled to the transmitter. The mux/demux sends at least a remainder of the video streams to the transmitter, which sends them to the TPI, which transmits them as output, useable as input to further instances of the circuit. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062801 | VIRTUAL MULTIMEDIA MATRIX OVER PACKET SWITCHED NETWORK - The present invention relates to a communication device comprising switching means in a packet switched networks, preferably in professional video production and broadcast environments. The present invention more particularly concerns a communication device in a packet-switched communication network, comprising means for:
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20120062802 | BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A broadcasting receiver and a control method thereof which receives a broadcasting signal according to a digital video broadcasting (DVB) standard, are provided. The broadcasting receiver includes: an automatic gain adjuster which adjusts an intensity of a received broadcasting signal to a predetermined level; a frame identifier which identifies an existence or non-existence of an extended frame of the broadcasting signal; and a controller which selectively controls an operation of the automatic gain adjuster depending on the existence or the non-existence of the extended frame identified by the frame identifier. With this configuration, there are provided a broadcasting receiver and a control method thereof which prevents errors in receiving a broadcasting signal having an extended frame. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062803 | RECEIVER, RECEPTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a receiver including a demodulation circuit adapted to demodulate data and control information attached to the data, and an extraction circuit adapted to extract some data from entire control information, wherein the demodulation circuit performs demodulation according to the extracted some data. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062804 | MODULAR SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A removable video module for a backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) contained within a chassis and having a timing and control board (TCON) with a board edge connector and an access opening in the chassis. The module preferably having a video input connection and means for generating a Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) video. The video module also preferably has a board edge connector adapted to connect with the board edge connector on the TCON, where the video module is adapted to fit through the access opening to connect with the TCON. Other embodiments may utilize a backplane where the video module and a power module are adapted to connect with the backplane and electrically communicate with the rest of the display. Outputs for either the video signal, power supply, or both may be provided so that a plurality of displays may be daisy-chained together. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062805 | Decoding Multiple Remote Control Code Sets - A method of processing remote control commands at a control device consistent with certain embodiments involves at the control device, receiving commands directed to the control device; at the control device, receiving a command directed to a source device, the source device being operative to provide video content to a display; and at the control device, interpreting the command directed to the source device in order to track a state of operation of the source device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062806 | SHUTTER GLASSES AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A pair of shutter glasses comprises: a pair of shutter members each of which has the following states switchable from one to the other: an incident light transmitting state and an incident light blocking state; a frame member in which the pair of shutter members are accommodated; and a drive circuit and a drive power supply that drive the shutter members. The frame member includes: a rim to which the shutter members are attached; and a pair of temples each of which has one end connected to the rim. At least one of the drive circuit and the drive power supply is accommodated on the other end side of the temple. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062807 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; an electrode portion formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to generate an electric field between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal film positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, and at least one liquid crystal and an associated liquid crystal space in the liquid crystal film. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062808 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND SIMPLE MATRIX DRIVING METHOD - A cholesteric liquid-crystal display device includes a cholesteric liquid-crystal display element having common electrodes and segment electrodes; a common driver which drives the common electrodes, outputs a selected-line voltage to a selected line of the common electrodes, and outputs an unselected-line voltage to unselected lines other than the selected line; a segment driver which drives the segment electrodes and outputs a write signal to the segment electrodes; a drive controlling circuit which controls the common driver and the segment driver to rewrite an image displayed on the cholesteric liquid-crystal display element; and a voltage correcting circuit which corrects the unselected-line voltage corresponding to the write signal during writing to the selected line. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062809 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device in which a heat treatment time required for crystal growth is shortened and a process is simplified. Two catalytic element introduction regions are arranged at both sides of one active layer and crystallization is made. A boundary portion where crystal growth from one catalytic element introduction region meets crystal growth from the other catalytic element introduction region is formed in a region which becomes a source region or drain region. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062810 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device capable of reducing manufacturing costs is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates, a first common electrode formed in a first pixel region on the first substrate in correspondence with a first subpixel for emitting a light of a first color, and having a first area, wherein a common voltage is applied to the first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed in a second pixel region on the first substrate in correspondence with a second subpixel for emitting light of a second color different from the first color and having a second area different from the first area, wherein the common voltage is applied to the second common electrode. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062811 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device which allows a desirable storage capacitor to be ensured in a pixel without decreasing the aperture ratio in response to changes in frame frequency. In a liquid crystal display device including a pixel transistor and two capacitive elements using an oxide semiconductor material in each pixel, one of the capacitive elements comprises a light-transmitting material to improve the aperture ratio of the pixel. Furthermore, through the use of characteristics of the light-transmitting capacitive element, the size of the storage capacitor in the pixel is varied by adjusting the voltage value of a capacitance value in response to the frame frequency varied depending on images displayed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062812 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A transflective liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate and a thin film transistor array substrate having a transmissive region and a reflective region defined thereon, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the CF substrate and the TFT array substrate, and at least a conductive spacer positioned in between the CF substrate and the TFT array substrate. The CF substrate includes a color filter array, at least a pixel electrode and a common electrode positioned between the pixel electrode and the CF array. The common electrode is electrically isolated from the pixel electrode. The TFT array substrate includes at least a TFT having a gate, a source and a drain positioned in the transmissive region, and at least a reflector positioned in the reflective region. The conductive spacer electrically connects the pixel electrode positioned on the CF substrate to the drain positioned on the TFT array substrate. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062813 | TRANSISTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Photolithography and etching steps for forming an island-shaped semiconductor layer are omitted, and a liquid crystal display device is manufactured with four photolithography steps: a step of forming a gate electrode (including a wiring formed using the same layer as the gate electrode), a step of forming source and drain electrodes (including a wiring formed using the same layer as the source and drain electrodes), a step of forming a contact hole (including the removal of an insulating layer and the like in a region other than the contact hole), and a step of forming a pixel electrode (including a wiring formed using the same layer as the pixel electrode). By the reduction in the number of photolithography steps, a liquid crystal display device can be provided at low cost and high productivity. Formation of a parasitic channel is prevented by an improvement in shape and potential of a wiring. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062814 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method to manufacture a liquid crystal display device in which a contact hole for the electrical connection of the pixel electrode and one of the source and drain electrode of a transistor and a contact hole for the processing of a semiconductor layer are formed simultaneously. The method contributes to the reduction of a photography step. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer where a channel formation region is formed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062815 | Display device - A display device has a display panel, a backlight adjacent a first surface of the panel, a blocker adjacent a second surface of the panel, and at least one bracket between the panel and backlight. An edge of the second surface of the panel is exposed, the first and second surfaces are substantially parallel, at least one bracket is coupled to the first surface without overlapping an active region of the panel that displays an image, and the blocker does not overlap the active region of the panel and overlaps the bracket along an axis passing through the panel. The blocker is visible at a position in front of the panel. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062816 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an illumination device equipped with a light guide plate having a light emission face and a light incident face, a printed substrate having a first plane and a second plane opposite to the first plane, a plurality of point like light sources for supplying light to the light guide plate, a housing disposed at a opposite side of the light emission face of the light guide plate, and a light source holding member for holding the printed substrate. The light source holding member has a bend portion, and a edge of the bend portion is inserted in between the light guide plate and the housing. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062817 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device | 2012-03-15 |
20120062818 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a backlight source; a liquid crystal cell; and a polarization adjusting layer disposed outside the liquid crystal cell and used to adjust the polarization direction of the linear polarized light emitted from the liquid crystal cell and transmitted through the polarization adjusting layer, wherein the polarization adjusting layer comprises a base body and optical anisotropic crystal grains dispersed within the base body. Also a liquid crystal display device is provided. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062819 | LED CIRCUIT WITH ZENER DIODES - A light emitting diode (LED) circuit having a plurality of LEDs electrically connected in series with a zener diode electrically connected to each LED in parallel. If an LED were to fail, the current can be routed around the failed LED, through the zener diode, and continue through the rest of the LEDs in the series connection. Thus, a failure in one LED does not cause the entire series string to lose their illumination. Some embodiments may place several LED strings in parallel with one another. Exemplary embodiments may mount the LCDs on a metal core printed circuit board (PCB). Further embodiments may place a thin metallic sheet or metallic surface on the rear surface of the PCB and in thermal communication with the PCB and/or LEDs. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062820 | DIFFUSION SHEET, BACKLIGHT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIFFUSION SHEET - A diffusion sheet includes a light-transmissive base member, a plurality of structures, and a flattened portion. The light-transmissive base member has a first main surface and a second main surface. The plurality of structures have convex shapes, which are randomly formed on the first main surface. The flattened portion is formed among the plurality of structures on the first main surface and has a surface roughness (Ra) equal to or lower than 0.6 μm. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062821 | WHITE LED, BACKLIGHT USING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONFORMING TO EBU STANDARD - In a embodiment, a white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device conforming to the EBU standard includes an ultraviolet (purple) light-emitting element, and a phosphor layer which contains 1 to 10 wt % of a green phosphor including a divalent europium-activated silicate phosphor, 40 to 80 wt % of a blue phosphor including at least one selected from a divalent europium-activated halo-phosphate phosphor and a divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphor, and 10 to 50 wt % of a red phosphor including at least one selected from a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor and a europium-activated yttrium oxysulfide phosphor. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062822 | POLARIZING PLATE WITH A PHASE COMPENSATION FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate having a first alignment layer, a second substrate having a second alignment layer, a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules operating in a twisted nematic (TN) mode, a first polarizing film, a second polarizing film, and a phase difference compensation film. The phase difference compensation film has a delay axis to compensate for an undesired phase difference imposed by the NT operating liquid crystal layer on light, traveling through the liquid crystal layer when an ideally fully untwisting electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer, and the delay axis forms an acute angle with a rubbing direction of the second alignment layer. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062823 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer of which the thickness does not easily change even in the case that the liquid crystal display device has an air-gapless structure. The liquid crystal display device includes, in this order toward a display surface: a first substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a second substrate. The second substrate contains, in this order toward the display surface, a polarizer, an interlayer including an adhesive layer, and a protective plate. The polarizer and the protective plate are in close contact with each other via the interlayer. The adhesive layer contains a material that has an elastic modulus of not higher than 1.0×10 | 2012-03-15 |
20120062824 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR REPRODUCIBILITY - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and pixels disposed between the first and second substrates to display an image. Each pixel includes a red sub-pixel for displaying a red color, a green sub-pixel for displaying a green color, a blue sub-pixel for displaying a blue color, a yellow sub-pixel for displaying a yellow color, and a white sub-pixel for displaying a white color. The blue sub-pixel has an area substantially equal to or larger than an area of each of the red, green, yellow, and white sub-pixels. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062825 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device capable of reducing damage due to drops and external impacts comprises a backlight unit (BLU), an LCD panel disposed opposite the BLU, and an adhesive member interposed between the BLU and the LCD panel. The adhesive member includes a first film bonded to the BLU, a second film bonded to the LCD panel, and a third film interposed between the first film and the second film. The third film includes a first portion bonded to the first film, a second portion bonded to the second film, and a third portion configured so as to connect the first portion and the second portion between the first and second portions. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062826 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a vertical alignment layer that is disposed on the side facing a liquid crystal layer in at least one of the pair of substrates and substantially vertically aligns liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer; and an alignment restriction layer that is disposed on the side facing the liquid crystal layer of the vertical alignment layer and restricts the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules, in which the alignment restriction layer is formed by polymerization of an atom transfer radical polymeric initiator bonded to the vertical alignment layer and a radical polymeric monomer contained in the liquid crystal layer. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062827 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel includes a plurality of first linear alignment regulating structures ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120062828 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel that includes a number of pixel electrodes formed on a substrate and are located in a pixel region defined by gate lines and data lines that cross the gate lines. Each of the pixel electrodes located in the pixel region includes a number of sides, and at least one of the sides includes oblique lines and a protrusion formed by the oblique lines, and the pixel electrodes located in the pixel region and adjacent to each other in a first direction form a separation space that includes at least one protrusion, and a width of the separation space gradually reduces and gradually increases in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a singular point that controls the texture of liquid crystals is located at the narrowest width of the separation space. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062829 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL COATING FLUID AND POLARIZING FILM - A liquid-crystal coating fluid which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (1); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: | 2012-03-15 |
20120062830 | LIGHTED GLASSES - Lighted glasses are provided that selectively project light forwardly of the glasses while also having a thin profile by avoiding the use of temple arms. The lighted glasses include a central light mount and a pair of lenses connected to the light mount by resilient arms. The arms allow a user to pull the lenses generally away from each other to fit on a wearer's nose. The light mount is configured to house a light assembly that includes a battery, a light source, and a switch to control operation of the light source. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062831 | MAGNETIC EYEGLASS HINGE - The present invention provides eyeglasses including a frame and an arm connectable to the frame. The eyeglasses include a magnetic hinge connecting the arm to the frame. The magnetic hinge includes a first housing having an first inner cavity and a first outer protruding edge having a plurality of extending flanges disposed thereon, a first magnet disposed inside the first housing, a central washer including at least a portion of the central washer having magnetic attraction capabilities, a second housing having a second inner cavity and an inner lip portion radially disposed within the second inner cavity and a second magnet disposed inside the second housing. The magnetic hinge is magnetically held in place by the magnetic attraction between the first magnet and the second magnet via the central washer and the engagement of the extending flanges within the inner lip portion. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062832 | EYEWEAR WITH IMPROVED FIT - Eyewear for a person includes at least a frame for supporting at least one lens; and a nose bridge affixed to the frame. The nose bridge has first and second nose pads adapted for contact with first and second sides of a person's nose, wherein the nose pads are retained in a fixed position relative to the frame at a sagittal angle A of greater than 38 degrees. The eyewear may be safety glasses, goggles, sunglasses, cosmetic glasses, and/or vision correction glasses. The eyewear may include only one lens, or may include two separate lenses. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062833 | OPTICAL MEMBER, PLASTIC LENS FOR EYEGLASSES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical member includes a substoichiometric titanium oxide film formed by depositing substoichiometric titanium oxides in a vacuum chamber into which an oxygen gas for adjusting a vacuum is introduced. In the optical member, the film forming pressure p (Pa) in the vacuum chamber and the optical film thickness (a refractive index of 2.50, a wavelength of 500 nm) of the substoichiometric titanium oxide film have relations of ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120062834 | ENERGIZED BIOMEDICAL DEVICE - This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a biomedical device, such as an ophthalmic lens with an energy receptor capable of powering a processing device. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062835 | Contact Lens and Method of Manufacture - The invention relates to a method of designing a soft contact lens, said lens having a central optic zone and with a peripheral zone around the central optic zone; the method comprising the steps of:
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20120062836 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETARDING THE PROGRESSION OF MYOPIA - A method for retarding the progression of myopia in a human eye, the method comprising: providing ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120062837 | Progressive-Power Spectacle Lens Design Method - A progressive-power spectacle lens design method, the progressive-power spectacle lens including a distance portion, a near portion, and a progressive portion provided between the distance portion and the near portion, the method comprising: decreasing a distance along a principal meridian from a fitting point to a progression start point and increasing a length of a progressive corridor defined by the progression start point and a progression end point when addition power is large, whereas increasing the distance along the principal meridian from the fitting point to the progression start point and decreasing the length of the progressive corridor when the addition power is small, wherein the distance from the fitting point to the progression end point is fixed irrespective of the addition power. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062838 | Method and Apparatus for Treating Vision Neglect - A method and apparatus for aiding the vision and motor function of an individual with a visual field loss and the sensory imperceptions of visual neglect. The method is practiced by the steps of mounting one or more prisms with the bases most often in the same direction of the visual field loss within one or both lenses of a pair of glasses and an individual wearing the glasses even while in coma or sleeping. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING AND IMAGING THE RETINA OF AN EYE OF A PATIENT - An apparatus for illuminating and imaging the retina of an eye of a patient utilizes an LED as source of illumination. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062840 | Method and System for Performing Remote Treatment and Monitoring - The disclosure relates to medical databases, remote monitoring, diagnosis and treatment systems and methods. In one particular embodiment, a system for remote monitoring, diagnosis, or treatment of eye conditions, disorders and diseases is provided. This method generally includes administering a stream of droplets to the eye of a subject from an ejector device, and storing data related to the administration in a memory of the ejector device. The data may then be monitored and analyzed. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062841 | METHOD FOR FINDING THE LATERAL POSITION OF THE FOVEA IN AN SDOCT IMAGE VOLUME - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for finding the lateral position of the fovea in an OCT image volume. In one instance, a cost function is developed whose minimum is located at or near the foveal center. This cost function includes one or more measures of retinal layer thickness and/or measures of distance from blood vessels or a priori locations. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062842 | INSTRUMENT FOR EYE EXAMINATION - The present invention relates to an instrument for eye (E) examination, the system including an imaging system ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120062843 | Hybrid Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Line Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope - A method of imaging a retina of an eye includes combining an optical path of an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager and an optical path of a line scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) imager using a system of optics. The method also includes using a single detector to switch between an OCT mode and a LSLO mode and acquiring images of the retina while switching between the OCT mode and the LSLO mode. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062844 | Fitting a Contact Lens - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, computer system, and computer program product to fit a lens. The method comprises obtaining an image of the lens. The method also comprises identifying an edge of a lens on an eye in the image. The method also comprises associating a number of zones with the image of the lens based on the edge of the lens. The method also comprises identifying the value for each zone in the number of zones based on intensities within the lens. The method also comprises designing a new lens based on the value to reach a desired value. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062845 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS - The present invention comprises a system for and method of frequency prefiltering comprising a camera shutter capable of continuously variable illumination during a single exposure of the sensor. The shutter comprises a continuously variable exposure effector which in disposed in an image path, either in front of a lens or between a lens and a sensor. The system for frequency prefiltering further comprises a synchronization cable that synchronizes a drive system with a sensor or with film. The shutter further comprises a postfilter. The postfilter comprises a digital finite impulse response convolutional filter. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062846 | Methods of Forming 3D Real Images Floating in Space and Display Systems Utilizing Such Methods - An optical system that projects a real image to a location in free space and includes one or more features located along the optical path that enhance the viewability of the real image. The optical system includes a converging element for converging a portion of source light so as to form the real image. One viewability-enhancing features is the use of a broadband reflector-polarizer having high transmitting and reflecting efficiencies. Another viewability-enhancing features is the use of polarizing elements having substantially matched bandwidth responses and/or comprising an achromatic design. An additional viewability-enhancing feature is the use of a wide-view film to increase the viewing angle of the image. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062847 | PHASE PLATE HAVING FINE PERIODIC STRUCTURE SMALLER THAN VISIBLE LIGHT WAVELENGTH AND PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A phase plate includes a transparent substrate and a periodic structure formed on a substrate surface of the transparent substrate. The phase plate is configured to provide light having a predetermined design wavelength that vertically enters the substrate surface with a phase difference from ¼ wavelength to ¾ wavelength. The periodic structure is configured to reduce a volume occupation rate with increasing distance from the transparent substrate, and the periodic structure has a height of at least 200 nm. An angle between a first direction in which a center of a width of a unit periodic structure at a position closest to the substrate surface is connected with a center of a width of a unit periodic structure at a position farthest from the substrate surface and a normal direction of the substrate surface is from 5 degrees to 30 degrees. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062848 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection type display apparatus includes: a light source section including at least one light source for emitting coherent light; an image light generating section for modulating the light emitted from the light source section so as to generate image light; a projection section for projecting the image light; and a depolarization element for transmitting the incident light in a state that a polarization state of at least a part of the light is changed, the depolarization being provided on an optical path of the light emitted from the light source section, wherein a plurality of unit regions having a particular shape are aligned in the depolarization element. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062849 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus including an illumination unit, a brightness detection circuit, a signal conversion circuit, and a control unit is provided. The illumination unit generates a light source according to a plurality of driving signals and provides a temperature sensing signal according to the temperature of the light source. The brightness detection circuit generates a plurality of brightness sensing signals. The signal conversion circuit converts the temperature sensing signal and the brightness sensing signals into temperature information and a plurality of brightness information. The control unit comprises a setting table for storing a predetermined temperature information and a plurality of predetermined brightness information, and the control unit adjusts the driving signals in order to identify the converted temperature information and the converted brightness information conform to the stored information in the setting table. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062850 | LASER-SCANNING VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A virtual-image projector comprises a laser configured to form a narrow beam, first and second dilation optics, first and second redirection optics each having a diffraction grating, and a controller. The first dilation optic is arranged to receive the narrow beam and to project a one-dimensionally dilated beam into the second dilation optic. The second dilation optic is arranged to receive the one-dimensionally dilated beam and project a two-dimensionally dilated beam. The first and second redirection optics are each operatively coupled to a transducer. The first redirection optic is arranged to direct the narrow beam into the first dilation optic at a first entry angle. The second redirection optic is configured to direct the one-dimensionally dilated beam into the second dilation optic at a second entry angle. The controller is configured to bias the transducers to vary the first and second entry angles. | 2012-03-15 |
20120062851 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The image display system comprises laser light source units ( | 2012-03-15 |
20120062852 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a housing that accommodates a plurality of laser light source devices that emit laser light of respective colors, a light modulator, a projection optical system and a controller, a movable body that is ejectable from and retractable into the housing and includes at least the projection optical system, a first switch that turns ON in a use state in which the movable body is ejected from the housing, and a second switch that turns ON in response to an operation of an operating portion by a user. The laser light is emitted from the plurality of laser light source devices when both of the first switch and the second switch turn ON. Accordingly, laser light is securely prevented from being emitted in a nonuse state by a switch erroneously turned ON. | 2012-03-15 |